curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-common-phrasal-verbs-and-idioms/6848839f98b89790fd0874a2.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What does Anna want to do about communication between people working remotely?
Start casual chats every morning.
Anna wants something more formal than casual chats.
Send messages only when something urgent happens.
Anna doesn't suggest limiting communication to urgent messages.
Hold long weekly meetings to improve connection.
Anna doesn't mention meetings.
Create clear rules for how people should communicate.
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To lay down, in this context, means to create or establish official rules or procedures. For example:
The manager laid down new procedures for reporting bugs. – This means the manager made new official steps everyone should follow. The past tense of lay is irregular: laid.
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